Dear Member, April and May are probably the busiest months for AICLA. Last month I discussed the Asian Claims Convention held in April, and the subsequent visit to various centres in Asia to meet with members. Both activities were very successful and it was pleasing to be able to [...]
Dear Member, Although most of us travel in our jobs, some locally, some regionally and some farther afield; one of the great privileges of being President of AICLA is the chance to travel and meet members. April is the busiest month for AICLA as it brings together both the Asian [...]
Dear Member, All of the health and safety legislation, practices and training can’t help us in the event of something entirely out of left field, as the earthquake in February 2011 in Christchurch was. As most of you will know, Carey Bird lost his life in that earthquake - now [...]
Dear Member, A number of the articles I write discuss education and the work that AICLA does on its education pathway and its conferences. I was recently provided with a document from the 1st Loss Assessors Convention held in Melbourne by the Loss Assessors Council of Australia in November 1967 [...]
Dear Member, Some of us are lucky - I started my holiday today. Some of us are less lucky - I only have 8 working days to go and I am back at work. This has been a busy year for AICLA with conferences, education changes and contract renewals. It [...]
Dear Member, It is now just over three weeks to Christmas. This may be a scary thought to some, wondering where all of the time has gone; it was only 11 months ago that we were starting the year. Along with the headlong rush to Christmas is the headlong rush [...]
Dear Member, We recently held an AICLA board meeting in Brisbane. These are an important, if boring to an outsider, part of the life of any organisation; setting policy and ensuring that the direction of the organisation is on the right path. Part of the day is the report back [...]
Dear Member, One of the centre-pieces of the AICLA calendar is the AICLA/ANZIIF Sydney Claims Convention, this year held on 21 September. The day before the convention we held the Trainee Adjusters’ Workshop, which featured about 30 delegates who heard presentations on a range of fundamental skills, such as scopes [...]
Dear Member, Although New Zealand and Australia are quiet at the moment in relation to new claims from Tropical Cyclones, we are still dealing with the aftermath of Cyclones Debbie & Cook, and winter storms. Parts of Asia have just been hit by back to back storms, with Typhoon Hato [...]
Dear Member, Over recent months I have attended a few different events and one of the topics for discussion has been technology, and what the future looks like for loss adjusting. If I had the answer I’d be an expensive consultant and not a loss adjuster, but there have been [...]
